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p.m.

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
p.m./piːˈem/

▶abbreviation after noon.

– origin from L. post meridiem.

'p.m.' also found in these Oxford entries:

canonical hours - dogwatch - none - noon - pip emma

Forum discussions with the word(s) "p.m." in the title:

"around five p.m." or "at around 5 p.m."
17:30: "It’s half past seventeen" vs "It's half past five p.m."
3:00 p.m.. / three p.m.. at end of sentence
5 p.m. or five o'clock
a.m. p.m./ am pm?
at 3 o´clock a.m./p.m.
do you say "a.m" or "p.m" in oral English?
I'll come home for sure by 8 p.m.
if I do a rain dance at 5 P.M. and it rains at 6 P.M., did my dance bring down the rains?
Perfect, I expect you at seven p.m
The P.M stopped short of accepting the blame for . . .
the restaurant is to open until 10 p.m.

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